Greetings! I wanted to update you on something that is unique to the U.S. Senate: it’s called “vote-a-rama”.
A Vote-a-Rama is a wonky, procedural event that allows senators from both parties to propose an unlimited number of amendments to budget-related bills. In the environment we find ourselves in, it can take a pretty long time.
Friday night into Saturday morning, we were on the Senate floor until about 2:30 AM, offering amendments to President Trump’s budget plans.
That plan calls for adding nearly $6 trillion to the deficit - mostly as tax cuts for the highest earners in the country.
The instructions task each Senate and House committee to slash their budgets and come back with a bill that includes a minimum of $1.5 trillion in cuts to federal spending to pay for some of it.
You can already see where they’re going: to get to the numbers they need, the math simply won’t work without taking big cuts out of heath care, the VA, and a ton of other places so important to average Michiganders. Senate Democrats introduced amendments to fight against DOGE cuts at the Social Security Administration, and to protect Medicaid and Americans’ healthcare.
The Republicans voted down every single one — even the ones that called their bluff and said essentially ‘no part of this plan shall result in a loss of healthcare for Americans.’ They wouldn’t vote for it because they understand the math as well.
No one is surprised. Republicans in Washington are doing President Trump’s bidding and are afraid – truly fearful – to stand up to him.
But I want you to know that I’ll be fighting back, exposing the attempts to use ‘magic math’ to hide their cuts, and voting against these harmful budget proposals that go after your healthcare, Social Security, and our national security – no matter the hour of the day or night.
Elissa Slotkin
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